TAA Decision 93004

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-93,004
IEEE
PUBLISHING OPERATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD PROFESSIONALS
AND APN CONSULTANTS
PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 11, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of IEEE, Publishing Operations Division, Piscataway,
New Jersey, hereafter referred to as "IEEE". The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the supply of services
involved in print & electronic publications, including
publishing, editing, graphic processing and XML conversions.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Randstad Professionals and APN Consultants. Workers are not
separately identifiable by function.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at IEEE.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IEEE, Publishing
Operations Division, including on-site leased workers from
Randstad Professional and APN Consultants, Piscataway, New
Jersey, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
services involved in print & electronic publications,
including publishing, editing, graphic processing and XML
conversions, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of IEEE, Publishing Operations Division,
including on-site leased workers from Randstad
Professional and APN Consultants, Piscataway, New Jersey,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 30, 2016 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of August 2017.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance